Ted KnightFilmography

The Ted Knight Show [TV Series]

Actors: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Jim J. Bullock, Joshua Goodwin

Synopsis: After ABC cancelled the genial sitcom Too Close for Comfort in the fall of 1983, production actually continued beyond its fourth season. A fifth season, spanning January 1984 through September 1985, aired under the same title as the original series, in first-run syndication; then, in spring 1986 Read More

Too Close for Comfort: Season 05

Actors: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Jim J. Bullock, Lydia Cornell, Joshua Goodwin, Audrey Meadows

Synopsis: Despite its cancellation by ABC at the end of the 1982-1983 TV season, the Britain-inspired sitcom Too Close for Comfort proved immensely successful when it was retooled as a first-run syndicated program and sold to individual stations and sponsors rather than telecast by a single network. As a Read More

Too Close for Comfort: Season 04

Actors: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell, Jim J. Bullock, Audrey Meadows

Synopsis: Cancelled by ABC at the end of its third season, Too Close for Comfort was revived in off-network syndication beginning April 2, 1984. This move was part of a concerted effort by the Metromedia station group to create a "fourth network," an alternative to the established webs ABC, NBC, and CBS. Read More

Too Close for Comfort: Season 03

Actors: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell, Jim J. Bullock, Audrey Meadows

Synopsis: Season two of the ABC sitcom Too Close for Comfort climaxed with Muriel Rush (Nancy Dussault), 42-year-old wife of ultraconservative newspaper cartoonist Henry Rush (Ted Knight), giving birth to her third child, a son named Andrew. Season three finds Andrew old enough to be played by actual child Read More

Too Close for Comfort: Season 02

Actors: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell, Hamilton Camp, Jim J. Bullock, Deena Freeman

Synopsis: Season two for the Britain-derived ABC sitcom Too Close for Comfort finds newspaper cartoonist Henry Rush (Ted Knight) still fretting over the welfare and virtue of his toothsome young daughters Jackie (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) and Sara (Lydia Cornell) who live in the lower apartment of the Read More

Too Close for Comfort [TV Series]

Actors: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell, Jim J. Bullock

Synopsis: Based on the British comedy series Keep It in the Family and first telecast on November 11, 1980, the ABC sitcom Too Close for Comfort starred Ted Knight as Henry Rush, an uptight, traditionalist newspaper cartoonist who in midlife had found unexpected fame and fortune as the creator of the Read More

Too Close for Comfort: Season 01

Actors: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell, Jim J. Bullock

Synopsis: A mere eleven months after the ITV debut of the British sitcom Keep It in the Family, the American version of the series, Too Close for Comfort, made its bow on ABC. Actually, the latter series might have arrived on the scene even earlier but an actors' strike delayed the start of the 1980-1981 TV Read More

Caddyshack

Actors: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Michael O'Keefe, Ted Knight

Synopsis: The smash success Caddyshack became a prototype for countless other wacky T&A-tinged teen comedies of the early 1980s. At an exclusive country club for WASPish snobs, an ambitious young caddy (Michael O'Keefe) from an overpopulated home eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending Read More

Saturday Night Live: Ted Knight

Actors: Ted Knight, Desmond Child and Rouge

Synopsis: This 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Ted Knight and features musical guest Desmond Child and Rouge. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 07

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod

Synopsis: While The Mary Tyler Moore Show no longer enjoyed Top 20 ratings as the series entered its seventh season, CBS hoped that the show would last forever as the linchpin of its Saturday-night lineup. However, series star Mary Tyler Moore (cast as Mary Richards, newscast producer at Minneapolis TV Read More

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 06

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod

Synopsis: If for no other reason, the sixth season of The Mary Tyler Moore would be memorable for the Emmy-winning episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust," which has been listed in innumerable media publications as one of the funniest sitcom episodes of all time. Just in case you need remembering, this is the Read More

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 05

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod

Synopsis: Season five of The Mary Tyler Moore Show gets under way with all but one of its familiar regular characters in attendance: Valerie Harper has departed the series in the role of Rhoda Morganstern to star in her own weekly spin-off, Rhoda. However, Harper and Mary Tyler Moore would be reunited in a Read More

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 04

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod, Valerie Harper

Synopsis: The big news of The Mary Tyler Moore Show's fourth season is the introduction of a new regular: Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens, the host of WJM-TV's "Happy Homemaker" household-hints show. Outwardly sweet and Pollyanna-ish, Sue Ann is actually the most predatory female in all of Minneapolis Read More

Lassie's Rescue Rangers [Animated Series]

Synopsis: This animated series features the adventures of Lassie and the Rescue Rangers. As always, Lassie tries to save the day. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Of Thee I Sing

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 03

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod, Valerie Harper

Synopsis: The eponymous star of The Mary Tyler Moore Show launches her third season in the role of Mary Richards, the still lovable, still unmarried associate producer of "The Six O'Clock News" on Minneapolis TV station WJM-TV. Also returning are the familiar supporting characters: irascible producer Lou Read More

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 02

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod, Valerie Harper

Synopsis: Like the series' heroine, Mary Richards, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a lot more confident and secure with itself as the program enters its second season. After a full year in Minneapolis, our Mary is handling her duties as associate producer of WJM-TV's nightly news broadcast with admirable Read More

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 01

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod, Valerie Harper

Synopsis: "How will you make it on your own?" These lyrics from the original version of the Mary Tyler Moore Show's theme song, "Love Is All Around" were the first words heard by the viewers as 30-year-old Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) left her hometown and drove into Minneapolis in the opening episode Read More

M*A*S*H

Actors: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Jo Ann Pflug, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Gary Burghoff

Synopsis: Although he was not the first choice to direct it, the hit black comedy MASH established Robert Altman as one of the leading figures of Hollywood's 1970s generation of innovative and irreverent young filmmakers. Scripted by Hollywood veteran Ring Lardner, Jr., this war comedy details the exploits Read More

Anatomy of a Crime

Synopsis: Anatomy of a Crime is comprised of two episodes from the 1968-69 TV series The Outsider. Darren McGavin earns top billing as David Ross, an ex-cop who became a private eye after cooling his heels in prison on a trumped-up murder charge. Ever on the outside looking in, Ross only accepts case from Read More

Aquaman: Treacherous is the Torpedoman

Synopsis: The wreckage of an ancient pirate ship turns out to be the headquarters of the evil, shapeshifting Torpedoman. Using methods both foul and fouler, Torpedoman manages to capture both Aquaman and Aqualad, the first step in his master plan to become the supreme ruler of the sea. But Aquaman is a lot Read More

Aquaman: The Satanic Saturnians

Synopsis: The Saturnians are a race of extraterrestrials (from guess where?) who look and act like demons. Anticipating global warming by several decades, the Saturninans intend to melt the Arctic Circle in order to flood the earth so they can take over everything. Though Aquaman and Aqualad mete out a lot Read More

Countdown

Actors: James Caan, Joanna Moore, Robert Duvall, Barbara Baxley, Charles Aidman

Synopsis: Improvisational director Robert Altman hadn't yet found his cinematic "voice" when he helmed the conformist, stick-to-the-script Countdown. James Caan is top-billed as a scientist who is chosen over astronaut Robert Duvall for the upcoming NASA moon shot. In their haste to beat the Russians to the Read More

Aquaman: The Onslaught of the Octomen

Synopsis: The Octomen, a sinister race of multi-tentacled, scientifically advanced sea creatures, use giant suction cups to capture Aqualad and thereby lure Aquaman into a trap. It turns out that the King of Octo-City intends to steal Aquaman's power of telepathy--and if ordinary methods of persuasion fail Read More

Aquaman: The Brain, the Brave and the Bold

Synopsis: The supervillain-of-the-week is The Brain, who kidnaps Aqualad for more mental mischief. In what seems like record time, the enslaved Aqualad is not only brainwashed, but he is also endowed with superstrength, transforming him into the perfect weapon against Aquaman. Only after several awkward Read More

Aquaman: The Trio of Terror

Synopsis: It's a dark day for the Atlanteans when those three formidable villains The Brain, the Black Manta and Queen Vassa combine their powers and weaponry. In an effort to nullify the Aqua-duo, the Brain entraps Aquaman in a pillar of salt, while Black Manta and Vassa prepare a full frontal assault on Read More

Aquaman: The Torp, the Magneto and the Claw

Synopsis: In the previous episode, Aquaman and Aqualad did battle against the "Terrible Trio" The Brain, Black Manta and Queen Vassa. This time out, the Aqua-Duo is up against the "Awesome Threesome"--namely those mechanical monstrosities Torpedo Man, the Magneto and the Claw. Uncovering a plot to ambush Read More

Aquaman: Where Lurks the Fisherman!

Synopsis: Slithering onto the scene in his crab-shaped sea vessel, the Fisherman uses his endless reserve of angling equipment in his efforts to destroy Aquaman and conquer Atlantis. Among the Fisherman's "hammerhead" minions is a bomb expert who plants a booby trap in the Aquacave. The ensuing explosion Read More

Aquaman: Mephisto's Marine Marauders

Synopsis: While the Aqua-duo performs a maintenance check on the pipeline which pumps oxygen into Atlantic, the demonic Mephisto and his equally satanic minion Sandman prepare to lull the Altanteans to sleep with gigantic knockout pellets. Though Aqualad manages to catch the villains in the act, the pellet Read More

Aquaman: Programmed for Destruction

Synopsis: The Brain returns, this time equipped with a gigantic computer (they were ALWAYS gigantic in the 1960s!) which gives him access to all known facts about Aquaman. Using the information at hand, the Brain figures that the best way to vanquish the "Sea King" is to use an Oxymite buoyancy ray, which Read More

Aquaman: The War of the Quatix and the Bimphars

Synopsis: On a secret government assignment, Aqualad and Tusky pay a visit to the all-water world Planet Q344. Soon the pair find themselves embroiled in the never-ending war between the froglike Bimphars and the fishlike Quatix. One thing leads to another, and by episode's end Aqualad is leading the Read More

Nightmare in Chicago

Synopsis: Based on the novel Death on the Turnpike by William P. McGivern, Robert Altman's Nightmare in Chicago was expanded for theatrical release after it originally aired on NBC in 1964 on an episode of Kraft Suspense Theater. Filmed on-location in Chicago, this suspense thriller follows the story of a Read More

Aquaman: The Vicious Villainy of Vassa

Synopsis: Vassa, evil queen of the Mermen, is back to bedevil Aquaman for a third time. On this occasion, Vassa is using five tunnelling ships to drill a hole under Atlantis, thereby flooding the city. Things begin to look really grim when a vortex sucks Mera into Vassa's ship, and Aqualad is felled by a Read More

Aquaman: The Silver Sphere

Synopsis: After years of living in peace, the Tortoids and the Lizard Men go to war over possession of a silver sphere. Hoping to end the conflict peacefully, Aquaman offers to enter an athletic competition to decide which of the two races will win possession of the sphere for one year. Alas, Aquaman's good Read More

Aquaman: To Catch a Fisherman

Synopsis: When Tusky vanishes, Aquaman and Aqualad ask for help in finding their walrus friend from all-knowing Oceanus, the Old Man of the Sea. Oceanus directs the Aqua-Duo to a volcanic region of ocean land, surrounded by illuminated water. Alas, it turns out that the two superheroes have fallen into a Read More

Aquaman: The Stickmen of Stygia

Synopsis: A practical joke on Aquaman is anything but funny when those merry pranksters Mera and Aqualad find themselves surrounded by the Stickmen from the water-planet Stygia. The invaders intend to lure Aquaman out into the open, then enslave the "Sea King" by zapping him with their immobilizing ray. But Read More

Aquaman: Three Wishes to Trouble

Synopsis: Aqualad accidentally releases Snork the Great, a prankish genie who offers to grant three wishes. Not surprisingly, Aqualad's first wish is for a robot to do his household chores. Alas, because the boy has not been specific as to what kind of robot he wants, chaos ensues. Forced to waste his Read More

Aquaman: The Undersea Trojan Horse

Synopsis: Mad scientist Dr. Lamprey has created an underwater Trojan Horse--actually a huge replica of a Portuguese Man-O-War, surrounded by a force field which "entrances" its victims. Lured to the gigantic structure, Mera is compelled to open it up Pandora-style, thereby unleashing thousands of deadly Read More

Aquaman: The Devil Fish

Synopsis: Navy test pilot Mark Bartholomew asks Aquaman to help him try out the experimental vessel "Devil Fish", a combination jet and submarine. Anxious to get his hands on the invention, the Black Manta conjures up the Great Whirlpool to caputre the drylander. Leaving Aqualad behind on this occasion Read More

Aquaman: The Sea Scavengers

Synopsis: An offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is attacked by the scurrilous Scavo and the Sea Scavengers. Swimming to the rescue, Aquaman and Aqua-lad discover that Scavo has outfitted himself with a "mech", namely a Subma-Robot which rips things apart and spews out deadly steel bubbles. For bad Read More

Aquaman: Goliaths of the Deep Sea Gorge

Synopsis: Aqualad is terrified when he confronts a fearsome-looking Gill-man (who bears a striking resemblance to the Creature from the Black Lagoon). It turns out, however, that the Gill-man is a good guy who has come to Aquaman for help. A huge and relentless Mastadon Man is destroying the Gill-people's Read More

Aquaman: The Sinister Sea Scamp

Synopsis: While harvesting precious phosphorous in the Valley of the Glowing Rock, Aquaman, Aqualad and Tusky run up against the cunning and capricious Sea Scamp, who is something of an underwater "Mr. Mxyzptlk". From the safety and comfort of his submarine, the Sea Scamp creates an ersatz phosphorous Read More

Aquaman: The Sea Sorcerers

Synopsis: Ever the good Samaritans, Aquaman and Aqualad lend a helping hand to the downtrodden victim of an evil--and unidentified--villain. Imagine the good guys' surprise when the "victim" turns out to be the villain in disguise: namely, an ancient Sea Sorcerer with awesome spellbinding powers. Using his Read More

Aquaman: The Sea-Snares of Captain Sly

Synopsis: Aqualad is captured and imprisoned in the orbiting globe commandeered by underwater buccaneer Captain Sly. Actually, Sly isn't all that interested in the "tadpole": he's merely using Aqualad to lure Aquaman into a trap. Though Aquaman manages to rescue his sidekick, he must still fend out Sly's Read More

Aquaman: In Captain Cuda's Clutches

Synopsis: Aquaman's enemy on this occasion is modern-day pirate Captain Barracuda (not to be confused with the Marvel Comics villain of the same name). Accompanied by extraterrestrial starfish Starro, Captain 'Cuda intends to plunder the riches possessed by the underwater Jewel People--and to expedite this Read More

Aquaman: The Mirror-Man From Planet Imago

Synopsis: The Brain is back, and if anything he's nastier than ever. This time out, the Brain has teamed up with Reflecto from the planet Imago for the purpose of creating an Aquaman clone. Their master plan is to replace the orginal with the duplicate, then conquer Atalantis. At first, the ever-trusting Read More

Aquaman: The Ice Dragon

Synopsis: The "ice dragon" is of course no ordinary dragon (by the way, has anyone ever MET an ordinary dragon?) Instead of breathing fire, this huge lizard spews out cold air which freezes its victims on the spot. Aquaman, Aqualad and the others would love to do battle against the dragon, but unfortunately Read More

Aquaman: The Crimson Monster From the Pink Pool

Synopsis: The titular Crimson Monster is a creature from another dimension, capable of shooting dangerous bolts of acid at its enemies. Like most of the other horrific creatures in the "Aquaman" saga, this one decides to destroy Atlantis and everyone in it. Aquaman is eager and willing to do battle against Read More

Aquaman: The Deadly Drillers

Synopsis: This time Aquaman is pitted against the evil (if slightly myopic) Molemen, who invade Atlantis in vessels with diamond-tipped drills. The villains bore a hole in the ocean floor which threatens do destroy not only Atlantis but also everything on dry land. Making matters worse, Aquaman is captured Read More

Aquaman: The Microscopic Monsters

Synopsis: Our old "friend" the Black Manta is back for more sinister skullduggery and world-weary wisecracks (though not necessarily in that order). This time, the cowled supervillain wants to steal Aquaman's latest invention, a "growth ray" that is capable of enlarging the smaller forms of sea life. After Read More

Aquaman: Vassa, Queen of the Mermen

Synopsis: This episode marks the first appearance of the evil Queen Vassa, who commands a huge army of predatory mermen, to say nothing of a flotilla of steel whales. In preparation for the takeover of Atlantis, Vassa kidnaps Mera to keep Aquaman from interfering (This plot twist must have resulted in a Read More

Aquaman: The Volcanic Monster

Synopsis: A violent underwater volcano unleashes a fierce, flaming lava monster, which then lays siege upon Atlantis. Aquaman and Aqualad must not only vanquish the blazing beast, but also tame a gas-propelled waterspout which threatens to bring about a catastrophic title wave. With the regular "good guys" Read More

Aquaman: The Return of Nepto

Synopsis: A bolt of lightning on the ocean floor releases the tyrannical Nepto and his "spooky" Viking Raiders after centuries in suspended animation. Rejecting Aquaman's gesture of friendship, Nepto picks up where he left off and sets about to conquer Atlantis. At first it seems that Aquaman and Aqualad Read More

Aquaman: The Rampaging Reptile-Man

Synopsis: While having fun with Imp and Tusky, Aqualad is captured by the green, hissing Reptile-Men, who have taken over an Atlantean hydropower station. Responding to Aqualad's telepathic call for help, Aquaman races to his rescue, only to end up trapped in a subterranean air pocket, facing certain doom Read More

Aquaman: Menace of the Black Manta

Synopsis: No sooner had the evil Black Manta been introduced in DC's "Aquaman" comic books than the black-cowled villain made his TV cartoon debut on The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure. Piloting his sinister sea-saucer through the ocean depths, the Black Manta uses an electronic-impulsive device to Read More

Aquaman: War of the Water Worlds

Synopsis: Falling under the aromatic spell of a strange sea flower, Mera becomes the prisoner of an evil underwater war lord. To rescue Mera, Aquaman and Aqualad must journey to a strange new waterworld where no one has gone before. Captured by the war lord's minions, Aquaman is forced into mortal combat Read More

Aquaman: Sea Raiders

Synopsis: A band of plundering space aliens dives to the ocean floor, there to harvest sea-life specimens for their own private collection. Among the life forms sucked up by the aliens' demon machine is Aqualad's walrus pal Tusky, who is then miniaturized for easier shipping. In order to rescue Tusky--and Read More

Aquaman: The Fiery Invaders

Synopsis: Solar-powered space aliens invade the earth, setting the planet's oceans on fire! The evil interlopers then barrage Atlantis with wave upon wave of flaming missiles. With Aqualad injured and out of commisison, it is up to Aquaman to save Atlantis and send the aliens back where they came from. Of Read More

Bonanza: Peace Officer

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Eric Fleming, Ted Knight

Synopsis: In Sheriff Coffee's absence, Virginia City's mayor (Ted Knight) hires ruthlessly efficient lawman Wes Dann (Eric Fleming) as peacekeeper. At first an admirer of Dann, Joe Cartwright soon learns that the cold-blooded temporary sheriff is less interested in upholding the law than meting out his own Read More

Combat!: The Brothers

Synopsis: Assigned to a reconnaisance mission, Hanley (Rick Jason) is aided by veteran Resistance fighter Leon Poulon (Fernando Lama), who agrees to cooperate only if the squad takes his younger brother Marcel (Sal Mineo) along. Though Marcel has an all-consuming fear of death, Leon pretends not to notice Read More

Blindfold

Actors: Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden, Guy Stockwell, Brad Dexter

Synopsis: In this offbeat mixture of espionage and slapstick comedy, Arthur Vincenti (Alejandro Rey) is a scientist working on secret military projects for the United States government. Vincenti is becoming increasingly unstable as he works in solitude in a backwater swamp; his superiors fear that he might Read More

The Fugitive: Second Sight

Synopsis: In one of those bizarre twists of fate so beloved by the writers of The Fugitive, both Richard Kimble (David Janssen) and the elusive "one-armed man" Fred Johnson (Bill Raisch) are seriously injured in an explosion--and both end up in the same hospital. Temporarily blinded in the blast, Kimble Read More

The Fugitive: The White Knight

Synopsis: Glenn Madison (Steven Hill), a war hero with political ambitions, is rescued from a plane crash by Richard Kimble (David Janssen). Normally, this would make Kimble a hero, but both he and Madison are anxious to keep the rescue a secret from the public--Kimble because he is a fugitive from justice Read More

The F.B.I.: The Assassin

Synopsis: Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) learns that Bishop John Atwood (Dean Jagger), a peace envoy to the US, has been targetted for assassination. Unfortunately, the trigger man, known only to the FBI as "Anton Christopher", has never been photographed or fingerprinted, making it virtually impossible to Read More

Young Dillinger

Actors: Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Dan Terranova, Victor Buono

Synopsis: This exploitation crime drama offers a fictionalized account of John Dillinger just before he became known as one of the most ruthless mobsters of the 1930s. The tale begins as Dillinger and his girlfriend try to rob her daddy's safe and get caught red-handed. Dillinger takes the fall and goes to Read More

The F.B.I.: An Elephant is Like a Rope

Synopsis: Beau Bridges guest stars as a wounded young man who stumbles into the Justice Department Building in Virginia, carrying half a million dollars in stolen cash. Awakening from a brief coma, the boy can remember nothing about what has happened to him nor how he came into possession of the loot. Read More

The Outer Limits: The Invisible Enemy

Synopsis: The M-1, a two-man American mission, reaches Mars. The landing goes smoothly, but first one and then the other member of the crew is attacked and killed, suddenly and without warning. The mission controllers on Earth are baffled, and, three years later, the M-2, with a four-man crew, is sent with Read More

The Candidate

Synopsis: Lust and corruption destroy the career of a prominent senator in this super-sleazy political drama. He is involved with at least three different women, one of whom he inadvertently impregnates during a big party. Another of the senator's women takes the girl to a back-alley abortionist who Read More

Combat!: Weep No More

Synopsis: In a bombed-out French farmhouse, Hanley (Rick Jason) is savagely attacked by a wild girl named Annette (Anjanette Comer). Managing to subdue his attacker, Hanley finds out that Annette is mute and near-catatonic, possibly as the result of a terrible shock. When it develops that Annette may know Read More

The Outer Limits: The Borderland

Synopsis: In Volume 12 of a collection culled from the 1963-1965 science fiction anthology television series, scientists attempting to contact the spirit of a dead child are sucked into another dimension. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Untouchables: The Speculator

Synopsis: When the producers of The Untouchables bowed to the pressure of the Italian-American Anti-Defamation league and began focusing on non-Italian villains, they decided to drop one of the series' most popular characters, gangster Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Bruce Gordon). But with the series' ratings Read More

Combat!: Cat and Mouse

Synopsis: Though worn to the breaking point by recent fighting, Saunders (Vic Morrow) is selected to guide a reconnaissance patrol headed by Sgt. Jenkins (Albert Salmi). Complicating matters is the embittered Jenkins' refusal to hide his resentment over Saunders' presence, feeling that the higher-ups are Read More

Combat!: The Volunteer

Synopsis: A 13-year-old French orphan named Gilbert (Serge Prieur) wants more than anything to join the US Army. Though he is told to get lost, Gilbert insists upon tagging along with the squad led by Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow)--straight to the battlefield. Director Robert Altman tells much of the story Read More

Swingin' Along

Actors: Tommy Noonan, Peter Marshall, Barbara Eden, Connie Gilchrist, Carol Christensen

Synopsis: Bungling courier Freddie Merkel (Tommy Noonan) dreams of creative success but always manages to botch things up at crucial moments. Shortly after destroying his motorcycle, he decides to become a songwriter. This gives con man Duke (Peter Marshall) the perfect opportunity for his latest scam, one Read More

Hitler

Actors: Richard Basehart, Cordula Trantow, Maria Emo, Martin Kosleck, Berry Kroeger

Synopsis: This was the last film by director Stuart Heisler, and in his uneven output it was not one of the most memorable. The evil dictator (Richard Basehart) is shown to be very much involved with his love life, as though impotency and a severe Oedipal complex alone could account for his dominion over Read More

13 West Street

Actors: Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan, Dolores Dorn, Kenneth MacKenna

Synopsis: Leaning heavily on violence to ostensibly deliver a pacifist message, this standard drama by Philip Leacock looks at the problem of teen gangs from a slightly different angle -- these teens are all wealthy. Everything starts off when aerospace engineer Walt Sherill (Alan Ladd) is accosted and Read More

Two Rode Together

Actors: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine

Synopsis: One of director John Ford's least characteristic films, it derives from the latter part of his career, when the director's belief in the myth of the West had faded, and he was beset by failing health and personal problems. In the cynicism of its humor, the director seems be to taking a page from Read More

Bonanza: Elizabeth, My Love

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Geraldine Brooks

Synopsis: While Ben Cartwright nurses his son Adam through a high fever, his thoughts drift back to Adam's late mother, Ben's first wife Elizabeth (Geraldine Brooks. Ben also recalls his seafaring days under the command of Captain Abel Morgan Stoddard (Torin Thatcher), Elizabeth's father. Also in the cast Read More

Cry for Happy

Actors: Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki

Synopsis: Predictable and demeaned by low-brow humor, this comedy-drama by George Marshall revolves around the amorous entanglements of four G.I. photographers on leave in Japan from their last mission in the Korean War. The men, headed by officer Andy Cyphers (Glenn Ford) check into a house with four Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Party Line

Synopsis: Raucous comedianJudy Canova plays it straight in this episode as Helen Parch, a small-town gossip who shares a telephone party line with two other ladies, Betty (Gertrude Flynn) and Emma (Ellen Corby). Years earlier, Helen had relinquished the phone to a man claiming to be making an emergency Read More

One Step Beyond: Tidal Wave

Synopsis: Host John Newland once again beckons us into the "unknown" world of psychic phenomena as One Step Beyond begins its third season. The opening episode is based on actual events, as wheelchair-bound Margaret North (Jean Allison) hears a radio bulletin announcing that a huge tidal wave is rapidly Read More

13 Fighting Men

Actors: Grant Williams, Brad Dexter, Carole Mathews, Robert Dix, Richard Garland

Synopsis: This action film set just after the Civil War tends to stay on the surface of the story instead of diving deeper into character motivation. A group of Union Army soldiers is charged with protecting a box of gold and getting it to its rightful place within the government coffers. As might be Read More

Psycho

Actors: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam

Synopsis: In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he released Psycho and forever changed the shape and tone of the screen thriller. From its first scene, in which an unmarried couple balances pleasure and Read More

Cage of Evil

Actors: Ron Foster, Patricia Blair, John Maxwell, Preston Hanson

Synopsis: Scott Harper (Ron Foster) is frustrated and angry as a police detective because he keeps getting passed over for a promotion to lieutenant. Meanwhile, he is assigned to gain the confidence of Holly Taylor (Patricia Blair), the girlfriend of a suspect in a robbery/homicide. Predictably, the two Read More

Twelve Hours to Kill

Actors: Nico Minardos, Barbara Eden, Grant Richards, Russ Conway, Art Baker

Synopsis: Although this quickly made, routine drama has some future television talent acting in it (Barbara Eden, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight), the story wanders back and forth between straight drama and an unintentional parody. Martin (Nico Minardos) has just witnessed a murder and in order to protect him Read More

The Twilight Zone: The Lonely

Actors: Jack Warden, John Dehner, Jean Marsh, Ted Knight, James Turley

Synopsis: Discounting the pilot "Where Is Everybody?", "The Lonely" was the first Twilight Zone episode to be produced, though not the first to be shown. Jack Warden stars as futuristic convicted murderer James Corry, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment on a lonely asteroid. Out of compassion for Read More